Subject: Re: iBook Powermanagement status query
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
From: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 03/07/2006 13:00:44
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Hello,

> >>> Some code to talk to apmd is already there, after all we can
> >>> (usually) report battery status.
> >>
> >> Would this glue with powerd(8) ? Should it ?
> >
> > No, powerd is for monitoring buttons and so on, it should however
> > Just Work with apmd.
>=20
> Powerd is really for a lot more than that.  The idea at the time I =20
> wrote it was that other event types and monitoring capabilities could=20
> be added later.

Well, I only use it to watch the SPARCbook's power button ;)

> The /dev/apm interface should simply Go Away, as should apm(8) and =20
> apmd(8).

Is that official? If so I'll toss the apm stuff out of tctrl and replace
it with something more suitable.

have fun
Michael

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